In the US we are living through a heyday of conspiratorial nonsense, most dramatically the deranged QAnon cult that surveys suggest is, at least in p...

Lebanon’s constitution allows a caretaker government to meet in emergency situations. Are we in Lebanon not in a situation of extreme emergency? All...

Much of the Afghan public are horrified to see the Taliban back in control of the country. But the manner in which they have regained power and, conv...

For some people, for the first time for many months, it will be all about taking baby steps towards pre-pandemic lifestyles. For instance, many stude...

It turns out that a lot of former senior officials were opposed all along to the US-led Nato mission in Afghanistan in 2001. Take Jonathan Evans,...

After 20 years of daily battles and huge investment in the Afghan army, the US withdrew from Afghanistan militarily and politically defeated, in a wa...

As the Taliban continue to make sweeping gains throughout Afghanistan, the prospects of the country’s deepening conflict being resolved through negot...

Britain is not at ease with itself. The uncertainties and disquiet arising from the pandemic have parallels all over the world, but in Britain it is...